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Exactly. Too many people see the government’s role to be their parent and protect them from every bad thing in the world. Grow up folks. If everyone who lied f
by macinjosh 6y ago
Exactly. Too many people see the government’s role to be their parent and protect them from every bad thing in the world. Grow up folks.
If everyone who lied for their own gain were to be sent to prison we’d have no politicians left in government. Come to think of it we would all probably be in jail at some point.
Maybe just don’t believe everything you hear.
- fsflover 6y agoBut if you have to do everything yourself, check everything in the world yourself, defend yourself, why on earth do you need government at all? I think those people rightfully expect that from the government, because no one can be aware of every single thing.
- macinjosh 6y ago“why on earth do you need government at all?” Bingo. You don’t. A government can’t protect you from everything either and in fact in many cases causes more problems for people. Just 2 examples of an endless number: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuskegee_Syphilis_Study https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuskegee_Syphilis_Study https://reason.com/2020/09/10/a-nebraska-county-took-his-25000-property-to-settle-a-986-tax-debt-now-the-u-s-supreme-court-could-get-involved/ https://reason.com/2020/09/10/a-nebraska-county-took-his-250... Life is a risk. Nothing can change that.